The Memory book
The Memory book
“Please, Rhymes With.” We were still in my room. Or, maybe, we were here again and time had slipped by. The sun was lower, the lighting in the room was different.
“The term is alexia sine agraphia. It’s Latin. Alexia is the inability to read because of a brain injury. You know that.”
“What about the rest of it? Sine means without. I remember that much high-school Latin.”
“Without agraphia: without not being able to write.”
“Too many negatives. Does that mean I can or I can’t write?”
“You can sti...ll write normally. I did tell you that it was a rare condition.”
“What the hell use is it to be able to write if I can’t read what I’ve written?”
“We didn’t make up the rules to afflict you, Mr. Cooperman. The act of reading and that of writing are not identical functions. Often when people lose one, they lose the other. But not in your case.” Rhymes With was speaking just above a whisper. She wasn’t finding this easy and I wasn’t making it any easier for her.MoreLess
“The term is alexia sine agraphia. It’s Latin. Alexia is the inability to read because of a brain injury. You know that.”
“What about the rest of it? Sine means without. I remember that much high-school Latin.”
“Without agraphia: without not being able to write.”
“Too many negatives. Does that mean I can or I can’t write?”
“You can sti...ll write normally. I did tell you that it was a rare condition.”
“What the hell use is it to be able to write if I can’t read what I’ve written?”
“We didn’t make up the rules to afflict you, Mr. Cooperman. The act of reading and that of writing are not identical functions. Often when people lose one, they lose the other. But not in your case.” Rhymes With was speaking just above a whisper. She wasn’t finding this easy and I wasn’t making it any easier for her.MoreLess
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